The Capture of QuebecBatsford, 1959 - 175 sider |
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... night . Having been issued with an extra tot of rum , the men were ordered to keep silence in the boats and on no account to fire until they landed , nor were the frigates to open fire until daylight in order that no mistake should be ...
... night . Having been issued with an extra tot of rum , the men were ordered to keep silence in the boats and on no account to fire until they landed , nor were the frigates to open fire until daylight in order that no mistake should be ...
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... night . Neither they , nor the sentries along the north shore , knew that the orders had been countermanded . It was another piece of good luck for the British on the morning of that decisive September 13th , because when they were half ...
... night . Neither they , nor the sentries along the north shore , knew that the orders had been countermanded . It was another piece of good luck for the British on the morning of that decisive September 13th , because when they were half ...
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... night before in no better plight , according to their general : " It was a frightful night , so dark that but for flashes of lightning we should have been forced to stop . " By dawn their skirmishers were on the fringe of woods to the ...
... night before in no better plight , according to their general : " It was a frightful night , so dark that but for flashes of lightning we should have been forced to stop . " By dawn their skirmishers were on the fringe of woods to the ...
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The Defence | 35 |
The Heights of Abraham | 123 |
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admiral advance Amherst amphibious Anse de Foulon arrived artillery battalions battle Beauport shore boats Bougainville Bougainville's Brigadier Brigadier Townshend British called camp campaign Canada Canadians Cap Rouge Cape Breton Island Captain Curry Captain Hervey Smith capture Centurion citadel Colonel colony colours command convoy defence despatch Durell enemy English Etchemin river expedition fighting fire flagship fleet force France French army frigate garrison general's Goreham's guns heard Heights of Abraham Highlanders Holmes honour hundred Indians James Wolfe Knox landing craft Lawrence letter Lévis Light Infantry line engraving Louisburg Louisburg Grenadiers Lowestoft Marquis de Montcalm miles Monckton Montmorency Montreal Murray naval officer navy numbers operations Pitt Quebec Rangers Regiment replied Rochefort Royal Americans sailed sailors Saunders scalping sent September ships shot siege Sillery soldiers squadron Sutherland thousand told town trained troops up-river Vaudreuil vessels victory William Woollett Wolfe Wolfe's Wolfe's Cove wounded wrote